Police investigate motorcyclist death

The death of a man who crashed his motorcycle into a parked boat trailer in Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, is being investigated.

Officers were notified of the 51-year-old man's admittance to hospital early on Sunday morning.

He had serious injuries and died soon after.

He'd been taken to hospital by two 27-year-old men, who were questioned by police.

Police have been told the man was riding a motorcycle which hit a parked boat trailer on Mitchell Street, Westdale.

Officers from the Oxley Local Area Command have examined a number of crime scenes - on Mitchell Street and Tasman Place in Westdale, and the car park of Tamworth Base Hospital where the vehicle used to take the 51-year-old man to hospital was parked.

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